| The generation and development of culture is always connected with specific social context. As the national symbol, The Bao'an broadsword's formation and development is related to specific age and affected by particular social background.Bao'an broadsword plays an important role in the economic and cultural life of Bao'an ethnic. It is the means for local people to earn a living, and it is also the symbol of Bao'an ethnic. It runs through the process of Bao'an historical development, and it is linked with all aspects of life. The change of Bao'an broadsword's function reflects the alteration of values, aesthetic sense as well as the history of the lifestyle.A number of factors such as policy, market, and times make the production scale patterns, tools, and taboos experience changes. And its sales, marketing, concept go through an important shift. The production pattern varies from the original family workshops to today's enterprise. The sale model expands to modern network marketing just from individual sale. As the original tool, the broadsword becomes the modern arts and crafts. All these changes reflect the tide's effect.Approaches of interviews and questionnaires are made use of to collect raw data and with the help of previous written materials, the functions of broadsword are described and analyzed in this essay,.This article is divided into five parts. The introduction describes related literature, research theory, and methods were reviewed. The second part focuses on the survey points and object. The majority of Bao'an people live in three villages. During the historical development, this group has not only created material wealth, but also created colorful folk art and spiritual wealth, including broadsword in the process of mutual exchange with other brothers. Part three describes the changes of production and sales of the broadsword. As a cultural heritage, broadsword is the crystallization of the wisdom of local people, which directly reflects the creativity of Bao'an ethnic. The production of broadsword has owned one hundred years of history. With the change of trend, production, sale as well as various aspects of broadsword have been improved and got new breakthroughs. The fourth part pays attention to the changes of the broadsword's function in different periods of history. It possesses military, economic and cultural functions. The part mainly focuses on the cultural function. Initial military becomes the Bao'an people's required tools of daily life after years. At present, it is the arts and crafts in the eyes of other nations. Series of changes reflect that its functions are affected by people's needs times. The last part is the summary of the entire article. |